Glad I got a big door .

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splinter67, Oct 19, 7:21pm
chur how did ya get it there
gammelvind, Oct 19, 7:26pm
A man never has enough tools or a big enough shed.
trader_84, Oct 19, 7:29pm
A point lost on my missus.
gammelvind, Oct 19, 8:03pm
Just ask her "you have enough shoes and hand bags don't you!"
splinter67, Oct 19, 8:05pm
only if you can cook and sleep in your shed lol
trader_84, Oct 19, 8:09pm
Lol! Who hasn't thought about that before :))
trader_84, Oct 19, 8:10pm
Not without a heap of hassle matey.
splinter67, Oct 19, 8:12pm
I have a petrol camping stove in mine sure I could sleep across the seats whats the beast behind the lathe! looks like it needs a big block
splinter67, Oct 19, 8:13pm
Did you do it or someone else
fordkiwi27, Oct 19, 8:16pm
it has i think
mrfxit, Oct 19, 8:21pm
cuda.340, Oct 19, 8:41pm
looks like a Willys coupe & it needs more than a big block. it needs a HEMI
clark20, Oct 19, 10:18pm
Cool, lathe is always handy. When I looked at the picture I wondered if there ever was a RH lathe for LH people!
bill-robinson, Oct 19, 10:44pm
I am LH and have had no problems using RH machines. ( us lefties being smarter than righties)
lookoutas, Oct 19, 11:08pm
Ya just flip the photo :-)
cuda.340, Oct 19, 11:09pm
well now that you have that awesum lathe trader, i'm sending you down a 318 crank, i want it restroked to 4.250, you can your new lathe handle that!
chris.f, Oct 19, 11:40pm
Now my door feels even more inadequate :-(
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clark20, Oct 20, 12:08am
Didn't say it was a problem, just wondered if anyone ever made one that way. I know I could google it but real answers are more interesting.
clark20, Oct 20, 12:13am
Actually it may not be a leftie or rightie thing, it may be that way because of threads, and using a lathe does not unwind when you are using it (for various heads and attachments)
sifty, Oct 29, 7:30pm
Awesome.

I have lathe envy, slightly ashamed of my teeny Myford.
desmodave, Oct 29, 7:33pm
I got the job on the forklift awhile back taking a larger lathe than the 1 here off a truck and getting it part way into my friends workshop. Talk about paranoia. Endless chain and jacks got it the rest of the way inside the workshop. Not sure what he's gunna do with it but for $1000 he thought he better grab it seeing as it was local.
trader_84, Oct 29, 7:39pm
Yep - exactly! What real MF's to be moving around. I've had smaller ones in the past but these big boys are a total different kettle of fish. I would suspect that when they want to go over - there is not a lot you can do when you have not got heavy gear like a fork tied to it or something. Cheers.
sr2, Oct 29, 10:32pm
Mine is only 800mm between centers; I think I must be suffering from "lathe envy". !
nightboss, Oct 29, 10:45pm
Of course they have LH lathes, how do you think left hand threads are made!
sr2, Oct 29, 10:46pm
Snap; I didn't notice your post. There is obviously a lot of it going around!